“I was only going to do it for a couple of weeks just to sort myself out and then stop but once I started I didn’t know how to stop.”

Does this sound familiar? Most benefit fraud cases are not fraudulent from the outset and it is an offence that be committed by doing absolutely nothing – failing to report a change of circumstances. These sorts of offences can involve relatively small sums of money at one end of the scale to many thousands of pounds at the other end. It is important that legal advice is sought even for what appear to be relatively minor offences because it is sometimes possible to avoid court proceedings.

If you need advice on this contact our office.